Focuses on the demand, supply, key features, and events that take place across the regions of Canada, the United States of America and Mexico. This handbook is a useful resource for researchers, students and practitioners interested in various aspects of tourism in North America

This book examines the relationship between free markets and democracy. It demonstrates how the implementation of even very painful free market economic reforms in Chile and Mexico have helped to consolidate democratic politics without at the same time engendering a backlash against either...

Through a discussion and analysis of the literature and practices, this book aims to propose a marketing strategy framework grounded in sustainable principles that can be used to sustain and preserve the authenticity of cultural heritage for future generations, whilst appealing to the suppliers,...

Neoliberalism, Social Exclusion, and Social Movements critically examines struggles for social justice in an era of neoliberal globalization. Its framework makes significant connections between debt restructuring, privatizations, free-market policies, and grassroots efforts to create...

This volume examines how gender shapes the varying and intersecting dynamics of informal/precarious worker struggles in two gender-typed sectors - domestic work and construction. Drawing upon cases across the global North and South, it explores how gender is intertwined into collective...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Transborder and Transnational Dimensions of Culture and Political Economy -- 2. Confianza: Building Block of Social Exchange and the Operational Cycles of ROSCAs -- 3. Social and Cultural Dimensions and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Labor and Global Capitalism in North America, 1850-1970 -- 2. The Politics of Mexican Labor and Economic Development in Crisis -- 3. Mexican Labor and Workers' Rights under NAFTA and NAALC -- 4. Labor Mobility and...

Intro -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. American Factories in Mexico -- 2. The Border City of Nogales -- 3. House to House: The Method of Analysis -- 4. The History of the Maquila Industry -- 5. Are the Maquilas Sweatshops? --...

A new edition of a book first published in Bogotá, this English edition is a crucial addition to the literature on Latin American business history for a wider English-speaking audience, and it will be of interest to business and economic historians generally. Essays are included by leading...

Get all three comprehensive reports bundled into one for a complete media and communications profile of Mexico. An excellent source of practical information, this profile offers an extensive dialing guide with city codes, a listing of ISPs and Internet cafes, profiles of the major media outlets...